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Brief • October 22, 2003
Waterman v. McGuire, KS, Complaint, Restriction of Mail Delivery, 2003 CRAIG E. WATERMAN (Name) . JFl1~~lQ) 76829 (Institutional Register No.) 6~~2 2003 1300 N. WAREHOUSE RD. FT. LEAVEN(Current Mailing Address) W RTH NSA [] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS CASE NO. CRAIG E. WATERMAN ' Plaintiff …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Nebraska Prisons Get Progressive Phone Contract by John E Dannenberg by Matthew T. Clarke In February, 2003, The Nebraska Department of Corrections (DOC) has contracted with AT&T to set up what may be the most progressive prisoner phone service in the United States. The five-year contract makes AT&T the sole …
Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright On June 17, 2003, Seattle federal district court judge Robert Lasnick issued a permanent …
Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $242,500 in CCA Medical Neglect Suit by On December 3, 2002, a U.S. district court issued a $400,000 judgment against Corrections Corporation of America for violating the rights of Wesley Taylor, a prisoner at the South Central Correctional facility in Tennessee. After hearing Taylor's §1983 federal civil …
California Prison Policy Restricting Book Orders Enjoined by The US District Court (ND Calif.) issued a permanent injunction against officials at the maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) that terminated their policy requiring vendors who shipped books, periodicals, magazines or calendars to PBSP prisoners to use a prison-supplied shipping …
Mailbox Rule Tolls Statute of Limitations in BOP Medical Suit by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, pursuant to the mailbox rule of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379 (1988), a prisoner's medical malpractice action was filed as of the date he delivered it to …
Injunction Allows Legal Mail Between Iowa Prisoners by The U.S Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently upheld a preliminary injunction enjoining Iowa prison officials from interfering with prisoner-to-prisoner legal mail. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa imposed the injunction to ensure the prisoners' right …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit Dismissed by by Matthew T. Clarke On September 24, 2002, a federal district court in Texas dismissed the long-standing class-action lawsuit which has governed the mail system in Texas prisons for twenty-five years. The Guajardo suit resulted in three published opinions (432 F.Supp. 1373, 580 …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Hawaii Adopts "Mailbox Rule" in Prisoner Civil Actions by Hawaii Adopts "Mailbox Rule" in Prisoner Civil Actions The Hawaii Supreme Court reinstated a prisoner's appeal in a civil action. The prisoner timely gave his notice of appeal to prison guards, who did not mail it until after the filing period …
PLN Settles Oregon Censorship Suit for $55,414.31 by On January 29, 2003, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a censorship lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News by paying $39,914.31 in fees and costs and $15,500 in damages and changing its policies concerning the processing and censorship of …
PI Issued in Arizona Internet Communications Ban by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On December 16, 2002, the U.S. District Court (D. Ariz.) granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction (PI) enjoining the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) from enforcing laws arising from Arizona House Bill 2376 (HB …
Denial of Nation of Islam Literature Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials' refusal to allow prisoners to receive Nation of Islam literature was unconstitutional, but prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for their illegal …
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
California Internet Injunction Upheld by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the statewide permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) enjoining the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving Internet-generated mail. Prison Legal News also filed a friend of the court brief on …
Ninth Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Idaho DOC Lawyer; DOC Retaliated for Litigation by by Matthew T. Clarke The Ninth Circuit court of appeals upheld the injunctive relief granted against Idaho Department of Corrections (DOC) officials for retaliating against prisoners who filed grievances or litigation. Sanctions awarded against the defendants' attorney …
Washington Jail Sued Over Conditions by Lonnie Burton On February 25, 2002, a county jail prisoner in Port Hadlock, Washington brought a class action lawsuit against the Jefferson County jail alleging near barbaric jail conditions that include inadequate health care, frigidly cold cells, broken plumbing, flooding, and inadequate clothing and …
California Internet Mail Ban Enjoined by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The US District Court (N.D. Cal.) issued a permanent injunction against the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) policy that prohibits prisoners from receiving mail that contains Internet-generated information. Frank Clement, a prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
The Long Silence: Federal Prisoners' Fight to Get the Word Out Reaches Unprintable Extremes by Alan Prendergast As an aspiring 26-year-old writer with a dark past, Mark Jordan figures he has plenty to tell the world. He has stories about bank robberies, for instance, and the many episodes of violence …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
Hustler Magazine Survives Arizona Prison Obscenity Test by On remand from the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona found that prison officials were misapplying the constitutional obscenity standard and improperly seizing a prisoner's copies of Hustler magazine. Prison officials were ordered to pay $65 in …
PLRA Does Not Apply to Juvenile Facilities; $379,000 Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court in South Dakota has held the PLRA attorney fees provision does not apply to juvenile facilities, and awarded $379,000 in attorney fees and costs. The court …
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